USWHC -Chapter 186 Miss, You’re Too Modest (Part 6)

“Hui’er!”

Sun Shaohui had just finished changing her clothes and was about to grab a blade and rush out to kill Zhu Jie and the others when a stern shout rang out. She immediately shuddered and froze on the spot.

“Mother, Grandmother!”
Sun Shaohui turned her head to look, then instantly burst into tears and threw herself toward them. “Grandmother, you have to stand up for me!”

But the moment her words fell, Madam Sun gave a sharp rebuke. “You still dare to make a scene! Look at what you’ve done. If this matter spreads, how will you ever have the face to see anyone again?”

“Mother, how can you say that about me? I’m your daughter! I was bullied, yet you’re siding with an outsider?” Sun Shaohui said unwillingly, tears welling in her eyes.

Seeing her crying so pitifully, the Old Madam Sun couldn’t help but pull her into an embrace, soothing her gently. “My good Hui’er, don’t cry. Whatever it is, your grandmother will stand up for you.”

“Mother!” Madam Sun called out softly. “Mother, she brought all of this upon herself. Why indulge her like this?”

“She’s still a child—being a bit willful is natural. But that doesn’t mean someone can strip our clothes in public! That girl from the Ji family… I think we still need to take a closer look at her,” Old Madam Sun said immediately.

Sun Shaohui quickly chimed in, “Exactly! Mother, Grandmother, that girl from the Ji family is not a good person at all. You must examine her carefully!”

“Haven’t we looked carefully enough?” Madam Sun said in a deep voice. “Wasn’t the commotion you caused today enough? It’s our fault for spoiling you! You said you wanted to test her, and we let you do it. And what was the result?”

“Not good at all!” Sun Shaohui said through clenched teeth.

Seeing her sulking with a long face full of displeasure, Madam Sun simply sighed. “We think she’s quite good. Although she comes from a poor background, she understands propriety and etiquette. Even when you deliberately tried to mock her with rare things, she still remained calm and handled herself perfectly.”

“That’s because she had eaten shrimp before!” Sun Shaohui immediately protested loudly. “That doesn’t count!”

“Even if that doesn’t count, do the poems she wrote not count either?” Madam Sun continued sternly.

At that moment, the poem Zhu Jie had written was placed beside Madam Sun. Even from a distance, one could see that the handwriting was neat and elegant. Without several years of practice, it would be hard to produce such fine calligraphy.

Old Madam Sun couldn’t help but nod in agreement. “Indeed. That handwriting of hers… I’m afraid it’s even better than Hui’er’s.”

“Not better by that much!” Sun Shaohui retorted unwillingly. “If I wrote seriously, I could write just as well!”

“But even if you tried seriously, you probably couldn’t compose such a good poem,” Madam Sun said bluntly, showing no mercy despite speaking to her own daughter.

Sun Shaohui’s face darkened, and she muttered quietly, “Wasn’t it you who always said that for women, lack of talent is a virtue?”

“Well, you still need some virtue then!” Madam Sun’s voice instantly rose an octave upon hearing that. “What exactly about her dissatisfied you so much that you even drugged her? Doing such despicable things! How did I raise you? In our family, something like this should never happen!”

Hearing the scolding, Sun Shaohui pouted stubbornly. “She’s no good either! She splashed that stuff all over me!”

“You deserved it!” Madam Sun said. “I heard last night that you prepared some croton-seed soup. At the time I thought you were just joking, but I never imagined you’d actually make her drink it! Haven’t I told you before? She’s extremely clever—you’re no match for her!”

Madam Sun lightly poked her forehead with a finger. Seeing the displeasure on her face, she suddenly chuckled. “So, are you happy now?”

“Mother, I hate her. How could someone like that be given to my brother? Even as a concubine, I wouldn’t agree!” Sun Shaohui said tearfully.

“Why?” Madam Sun couldn’t help but be stunned. “Just because she punished you? But you were the one who provoked her first.”

“Mother, how was I the one who provoked her? She was the one who provoked me first!” Sun Shaohui puffed her cheeks angrily, tears swirling in her eyes. “What is she anyway? Just a rustic village woman, yet she keeps calling me ‘younger sister’ and acting like my elder sister. As if she’s worthy of that!”